The Lürssen effect, used in the design of high-speed boats, is a reduction in wave-making resistance provided by two small rudders mounted on each side of the main rudder and turned outboard. These rudders force the water under the hull outward, lifting the stern, thus reducing drag, and lowering the wake height, which “requires less energy, allowing the vessel to go faster.” The effect was discovered by the German shipbuilding company Lürssen Werft based in Bremen-Vegesack. The Lürssen effect is best remembered for its use during the Second World War in the various classes of German "Schnellboot," or fast torpedo attack boats.
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| - Der Lürssen-Effekt beschreibt die Ausnutzung einer hydrodynamischen Besonderheit bei Bootsentwürfen der deutschen Werft Lürssen ab den 1930er Jahren, durch den die Fahreigenschaften verbessert wurden. Die Einrichtungen dazu wurde im Zweiten Weltkrieg auf fast allen deutschen Schnellbooten verbaut. (de)
- The Lürssen effect, used in the design of high-speed boats, is a reduction in wave-making resistance provided by two small rudders mounted on each side of the main rudder and turned outboard. These rudders force the water under the hull outward, lifting the stern, thus reducing drag, and lowering the wake height, which “requires less energy, allowing the vessel to go faster.” The effect was discovered by the German shipbuilding company Lürssen Werft based in Bremen-Vegesack. The Lürssen effect is best remembered for its use during the Second World War in the various classes of German "Schnellboot," or fast torpedo attack boats. (en)
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| - Der Lürssen-Effekt beschreibt die Ausnutzung einer hydrodynamischen Besonderheit bei Bootsentwürfen der deutschen Werft Lürssen ab den 1930er Jahren, durch den die Fahreigenschaften verbessert wurden. Die Einrichtungen dazu wurde im Zweiten Weltkrieg auf fast allen deutschen Schnellbooten verbaut. (de)
- The Lürssen effect, used in the design of high-speed boats, is a reduction in wave-making resistance provided by two small rudders mounted on each side of the main rudder and turned outboard. These rudders force the water under the hull outward, lifting the stern, thus reducing drag, and lowering the wake height, which “requires less energy, allowing the vessel to go faster.” The effect was discovered by the German shipbuilding company Lürssen Werft based in Bremen-Vegesack. The Lürssen effect is best remembered for its use during the Second World War in the various classes of German "Schnellboot," or fast torpedo attack boats. The effect was noticed at speeds above 25 knots, by swinging the "effect" rudders outboard by 30°. Once attained, the effect rudders could be swing back to 17° outboard, and the speed could be reduced to as little as 20kn while still maintaining the benefits of the effect. (en)
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